Remembering Stonewall

June 15, 2016—Bay Area Legal Aid and our coalition partners filed a lawsuit this morning against Solano County Superior Court challenging the court’s practice of suspending the driver’s licenses of people who are too poor to pay exorbitant traffic fines. In California, millions of people do not have valid driver’s licenses because they cannot afford …
Court Puts an End to Medi-Cal Limbo Orders State to Issue Timely Healthcare Benefits Low-income applicants—including children, pregnant women, and people with life-threatening illnesses—will no longer have to wait for months while their health deteriorates. OAKLAND, CA – If the state is unable to determine whether an applicant is eligible for Medi-Cal within 45 days, …